Pull funding from nations that are not expressly considered our allies

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There is an abundance of federal funds leaving our borders to finance other countries that have little to no interest in being of any value to our own endeavors. That needs to end.

In 2023, the United States spent nearly $61 billion on foreign aid. Fully half of that budget has gone to just ten countries:

  1. Ukraine ($16.4 billion)
  2. Israel ($3.3 billion)
  3. Ethiopia ($1.95 billion)
  4. Jordan ($1.65 billion)
  5. Egypt ($1.43 billion)
  6. Afghanistan ($1.19 billion)
  7. Somalia ($1.13 billion)
  8. Yemen ($1.05 billion)
  9. Congo ($987 million)
  10. Syria ($896 million)

The proposed budget for 2024 is a little over $50 billion, roughly 17% less than 2023, with 20% of that budget requested for just ten countries:

  1. Israel ($3.3 billion)
  2. Jordan ($1,45 billion)
  3. Egypt ($1,43 billion)
  4. Ukraine ($774 million)
  5. Nigeria ($625 million)
  6. Mozambique ($564 million)
  7. Uganda ($562 million)
  8. Tanzania ($561 million)
  9. Kenya ($514 million)
  10. Zambia ($507 million)

How many of these countries are friendly, and not just at face value? How many have provided assistance during our global ventures?

Any country that doesn’t provide reciprocal support should no longer be our problem or our money pit. We are emptying our pockets for the ungrateful.

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